Show British Pug I Claims Victory Over Burns LONDON LONDO Dec Dee 11 Supposing Supposing Mr r. r J. J V. W. H. H T. T Douglas Doulas were a professional l boxer instead of an amateur and then suppose ho he were to fight Tommy Burnor Burns Burn for or the worlds world's 5 championship what would happen then According to a great many critics critics crit crit- ics who have havo seen the work of Mr Douglas Douclas in tho the la last t few months Burns I would be a very bus busy boy and und would have havo to 6 go 0 some to han hang on to tho the title Won Honors in Olympic Games Dou Douglas lal won the middle we weight bt boxing box boxing in ing competitions in the Olympic games fighting at pounds and more than that ho he has captured also tho the heM heavy heavyweight heavyweight weight amateur championship of England Eng Eng- land beating batin men to whom he be was giving giving in ing forty to fifty pounds pound in weight And Anft that isn't all tall either Douglas s shu has hu already fou fought ht Tommy Burns and tho the favored fn foU folks s who saw the fight declare that Tommy Tomm had all he could do to keep on his hiB feet and parry the blows that J. J W. W II T. T was sending his wn way The encounter took niece at a sporting sport sporting in ing club in London called tho the Thieves Thieves' Kitchen Burns Durns had been taken there thereto to witness a few boxing matches Then some flome one that Burns Burna should box a few e- e exhibition rounds with Douglas Doug Doug- las who also happened to be pree present nt Tommy Tomm had never heard of Dou Douglas and nd he fell n for the tho game gamo without a cavil When the opened Tommy started to eho show the tho thieves thieves' something of hi his far famed cleverness Ho didn't know that Dou Douglas las is the tho hardest hitter bitter known in England rin d during the tho past fifty years When Tommy be began an being clever I t Do Douglas just hit him The first blow he ho landed nearly put Burns out of business s and Ind Tommy Tomm stiffened up for fora a battle with ith the fancy stunts cut out Those who tho saw the fight say eay that when tho the three rounds were over Burns Burn had received the tho worst mauling he ever got ot while 1 Douglas was almost un en- touched Douglas is one of the best cricketers in En England land and is well wen known in other branches of spore |